Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2020: Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki Sawyerr on Monday, engaged a cross section of the city’s Krio Community, including the representative Krio Descendants Union, “to address concerns and provide clarification about Freetown City Council’s (FCC) property rates and business license reform,” a council official [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2020: The Africa Initiative of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, will launch its Tax Transparency in Africa 2020 report in a live event at 2 p.m (Paris time) tomorrow, Thursday 25 June, 2020. The report, a joint publication [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2020: West African nations are beginning to assess whether it is time to re-open their borders for trade and free movement of people. Since the first case of coronavirus was announced in the region three months ago, there have been debates about the impact the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2020: As fears grow, over the devastating impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on the economy of Sierra Leone, especially its tourism sector, there are calls for the country’s airport to be reopened next month. But the government is not convinved about such arguments, citing [Read More]

NJ Ayuk: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2020: As African oil and gas countries struggle with Covid-19’s devastating impact on demand, two international groups seem to be celebrating it. Earlier this month, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) described the low oil [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2020: Rwanda is renowned as a pioneer of gender equality. In 2020, it was the only African country ranked in the top 10 of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report. It ranked in the top four in the Report’s political empowerment category, in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2020: President Paul Kagame of Rwanda will deliver the opening remarks at the Leaders Forum which starts tomorrow Tuesday, 23rd June 2020. The four-day event is hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) – the leading U.S. business association focused solely on connecting business [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2020: The Government of Sierra Leone has gazetted an Independent Media Commission Act 2020 that seeks to eliminate fair competition in the media landscape and consequently silenced independent journalists in the Print Media. The Independent Media Commission Act 2020 contains onerous provisions that [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2020: Across Africa and in partnership with NGOs, Coca-Cola in Africa, and its bottling partners (the “Coca-Cola System”) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF), have been deploying a range of resources, including capabilities, funds and products to support governments, communities and local economies in their urgent [Read More]